Fish box



W. T. PETTET.

FISH BOX.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 25, 1921.

1,405,865, Patented Feb. 7, 1922. A 2 SHEETSAHEET 2.

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UNITED STATESA PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM THOMAS PEV'ITE'I, OF vWALNUT RIDGE, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF To THOMAS c. NEEOE, `or WALNUT RIDGE, ARKANSAS.

FISH nox.

To all whom t may concern.: Y

Be it vknown that I, vVILLLIMl THOMAS Pnr'rn'r, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Walnut Ridge, in the county of Lawrence and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish Boxes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyng drawings. Y

The present inventionhas for its purpose the provision of a device of this kind for icing and insuring the preservation of fish.

AAnother'purpose embodies the provision of a fish box, lwherein a main drip pian is supported, with ice bunkers at either, `end of the box, including auxiliarycommunicating drip pans under the bunkers and overlying the main drip pan, so that the ice water and salt from the bunkers may be carried off to the main drip pan, and then allowed to discharge from the box, thefish adapted to be Y supported upon the main drip pan, so as toV Y become iced and maintained preserved, due

to the low temperature in the box.A Y

VStill another purpose embodies thefprovision of lan ice bunker, whichmay be used in connection withany form of refrigerating apparatus, either a'home or family refrigerator, or a refrigerator car, or any large ice houses which haverefrigerating compartments.

Avfurther purpose consists in the provision of an ice bunker having an arch, there by causing to be formed aspace under the bunker, to insure alow Vtemperature for the fish or other food, which may be supported upon the main drip pan. As an additional purpose, it is the aim to provide a fish box of this character, wherein 40 the wall thereof is provided with an insulation of minera-l wool and cork board, including a dead air space between such mineral wool and cork board, in order to insure maintaining a low temperature on the interior of the box, and acting to preclude the exterior atmosphere.

Alsol the invention aims to provide suitable closures for the fish compartment and the ice bunkers, the closure for the ish compartment partly overlying the closures for the bunkers, said closures being hinged upon the box so as to open at right angles to each other, so that the main and auxiliary drip pans including the ice bunkers may be removed or replaced at any time.

- speciationofLttersPatent, i' ratentea.1reb'.7,1'922.

Application filed May 25,

19,21. serial No. 472,579.

While the design and constructionat present illustrated and set forth is deemed pref-V erable, it is obvious that as a resultfofa reduction of the invention to a more practical form vfor commercial purposes, the invention may be susceptible of changes, and the right to these changes is claimed, provided they Vare comprehended within the` scope "of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further --features and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed. Y

In the drawings Figure l is a viewinperspective of the improved fish box constructed in accordance with lthe invention.

, Figure Q'is Ya longitudinal sectional view through the same, showing the mineral wool and corkboard insulation including the dead air space, and also showing the main and .auxiliaryjdrip pans, and the icek bunkers. v

Figuref3 isa transverse sectional view on line 3-3of Figure 2, showing the arch of the ice bunkers, causing to be formedl low temperatureair spaces. u

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail view in perf spective of one of the ice bunkers removed.

Referring to the drawings1 designates a box, which-,may bein the formas shown in Vthe drawings," ory constituting a refrigerator or similar structure. lThis box has an exterior of'wood, either oak or pine or `the like, preferably vthe former, such as shown at 2,

there being a metal lining 3 adjacent'the.

wood, Yand an interior metalsurface 4, which is preferably enamelled or otherwise coated to insure apreservation of the metal. Arranged vadjacent the inner surfaces of the metal linings 8 and 4 is an insulation of mineral wooland ycork board 5, there being a dead air space 6 separating the mineral wool and cork board. By the provisionof a wall sof oftliis character the exterior temperatureis y precluded from the interior of the box. The

box may beV supported upon any suitable legs 7, and rising upwardly from the bottom of the interior of the box are supports 8 for the main drip pan 9, which also supports the fish and the like.

A drain pipe 10 extends from the main drain pan 9 and through a metal tube 11, which passes through kthe thickness of the bottom of the box. The lower end of the drain pipe 10 has a drain cock 12, for carrying off the sediment and the like that may collect in the drip pan.

Auxiliary drip'pans 13 are arranged on the interior of the box, one adjacent each end of the interior of the box. These drip pans 13 have supporting legs 14 and 15,. The legs 14 engage the surface of the bottom of thebox, While the legs 15 engage the interior of the main drip pan 9; The auxiliary drip pans have outlets, such as short tubes or spoutsfll, which overlie the ends of the main drip pan 9, for the ypurpose of carrying the icel Water thereinto. f

Ice vbunkers 17 are Yprovided on the inte riorof the box, and have supporting feet 18, which engage the bottoms of the auxiliary drip pans. The ice bunkers are of the shape for contour as shown in the detail view of Figure 4, therefore are provided With legs 19, with an intermediate arch 20, causing to be formed spaces 21.V The. legs 19 have drip openings l 22, through which ythe Water from the bunkers pass into the auxiliary drip pans, and then into the main drip pan. The bunkers receive crushed ice (each particle being approximately the size of an egg), or crushed Vto a relatively line degree', is deposited in the bunkers, and act Y to` fill the legs `of the bunkers. Rock'salt Y is also. deposited inthe bunkers with the ice, to insure producing a freezing temperature. YIn fact a deposit of ice :is first placed in each bunker, then a deposit of salt, then a deposit of ice, and then salt and so on until eachbunker is =filled. In-this Way a very low vtemperature may be provided on--the interior of the box. Closures 23 are hingedat 24 to the box, so as to close the bunkers. vThese vclosures are arrangedl at the endsofxthey box. A-third closure 25 is hingedly mounted at 26 to the side of the box, for closing the center chamber, Where the fish and the like are placed. The closure 26 is provided with three thicknesses of glass 27, so as to vpreclude ythe exterior temperature. Theclosures 23have a packingor an insulation of mineral wool and cork board 28, to insure precluding the exterior temperature.

A fish box of this' character has been found to keep fish and the like thoroughly iced and preserved, and it is obvious that theclosure for thefish compartment may be opened without disturbing the closures for the ice bunkers. The interior of the box derives the low temperature from the Walls oi theVV arched ice bunkers." This low temperature remains very close to the surface Vofthe fish or the like, and keeps .them iced,

particularly since the drippings from the auxiliary drip pans fiovv into the main drip pan. Y

The invention having been set forth,what

is claimed as being useful is:

l 1. In a fish icing box, a casing having bottom of the main drip pan,'said'auxiliary 75 drip pans havingmeans carrying the drip@v pings into the main drip pan, ice bunkers supported Aon the auxiliary drip pans and communicating therewith, said ice` bunkers having .heat absorbing spaces, and closures for the ice bunkers and the fish compartment.` j Y 2. VInra fish icing box, a casing having a fish receiving compartment?, said compartment having on its bottom at its opposite ends-lupstanding ribs,.a-main drip pan'sup-y ported` on said ribs and provided With means for carrying off' the drippingsv exteriorly of the compartment, auxiliary drip pans having legs engaging the vendsrof the bottom 90, of the fish compartmentjand provided with additional legs engaging the bottom of the' main drip pan, said auxiliaryv drip Vpans. having means carrying 'the drippings into the main drip pan, ice bunkers supported onhthe auxiliary drip pans and., communieating therewlth,'said ice bunkershaving heat absorbing spaces,` closures hingedly mounted on the ends of the casing` for olosing the ice bunkers, and an additional clo- 1,00 v

sure hingedly mounted upon vthe edge of A one ofthe sides ofthe casing and overlying the first closures, for closing the center of the fish compartments.

In tefst'mony lwhereof I hereunto aiiix myflO signature.

WILLIAM THOMAS PETTET. `7 

